- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2483
Meares, Anna Maree Devenish
(1983 – )- Born 21 September, 1983, Blackwater Queensland Australia
- Occupation Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist, Cyclist, Olympian
Summary
In 2001 Anna Meares was awarded the Australian Junior Women’s Track Cyclist of the Year. Since then, she has added an enormous array of trophies to her cabinet.
Meares made an astonishing come back from a very bad cycling accident at the World Cup in January 2008 when she broke her neck. But she fought her way back and qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, eventually winning a silver medal in the women’s sprint event.
In London in 2012, she rode a brilliant tactical race to win a gold medal in the sprint.
She was the flag-bearer and captain for the Australian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in keirin. This made her the first Australian to win individual medals in four consecutive Olympics.
On 16 October 2016 Meares announced her official retirement from her competitive cycling career.
Events
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2004
Cycling (Track) – 500m Time Trial
Gold Medalist at the Athens Olympic Games -
2004
Cycling (Track) – Sprint
Bronze Medalist at the Athens Olympic Games -
2010
Cycling (Track) – Team Sprint
Gold Medalist at the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games -
2010
Cycling (Track) – Sprint
Gold Medalist at the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games -
2010
Cycling (Track) – 500m Time Trial
Gold Medalist at the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games -
2014
Cycling (Track)- 500m Time Trial
Gold Medalist at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games -
2006
Cycling (Track) – 500m Time Trial
Gold Medalist at Melbourne Commonwealth Games -
2012
Cycling (Track) – Sprint
Gold Medalist at the London Olympic Games -
2012
Cycling (Track) – Team Sprint
Bronze Medalist at the London Olympic Games -
2016
Cycling (Track) – Keirin
Bronze Medalist at Rio de Janiero Olympic Games -
2008
Cycling (Track) – Sprint
Silver Medalist at the Beijing Olympic Games
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Meares, Anna Maree Devenish (1983-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-708058
- Australia at the Games, Australian Olympic Committee, 2006, http://corporate.olympics.com.au/index.cfm?p=25